DAILY DIGESTVol. 14, No.166 August 30, 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHELBYVILLE PUBLISHING CO. DENIED WAIVER OF THE DAILY NEWSPAPER CROSS-OWNERSHIP RULE; ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE FOR WLIJ (AM), SHELBYVILLE, TN, DENIED (Report No. MM 95-85 Mass Media Action) The Commission has denied Shelbyville Publishing Co., Inc.'s request for a permanent waiver of the daily newspaper cross-ownership rule, thus denying Shelbyville's applications to assign the license of WLIJ (AM), Shelbyville, TN, from Hopkins Hall Broadcasting, Inc. to Shelbyville Publishing. Action by the Commission July 31, 1995, by MO&O (FCC 95-331). News Media contact: Patricia Chew at (202) 418- 0500 or Mass Media Bureau contact: Bill Dever at (202) 418-2689. INSPECTOR GENERAL HOTLINE ESTABLISHED (Report No. GN 95-6 General Action) The Office of Inspector General (OIG) will be establishing a hotline effective September 1, 1995. Contact: Deborah J. Blue at (202) 418-0470. Report No. CI 95-15 - COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATION (CIB) ACTIVITIES [Internet filename: nrmc5008.txt] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "FAX BRANDING" REQUIREMENTS EXTENDED TO FAX MODEM BOARDS - FCC contact: William von Alven (202) 418-2342 TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG - August 29 TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG - August 28 ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TELEVISION SERVICE - Schedule of Meetings - Contact: Vivitte Hart at (202) 739-0700 or Robert Bromery at (202) 739-0597. Report No. 2096 - OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS REFERENCE OPERATIONS DIVISION PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING FILED Report No. I-8095 - OVERSEAS COMMON CARRIER SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS ACTIONS TAKEN -- Formal Section 63.01 -- Report No. NCS-95-40 - WIRELESS NARROWBAND COMMERCIAL RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION Report No. DS-1563 - SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INFORMATION Report No. D-815 - COMMON CARRIER BUREAU DOMESTIC FACILITIES APPLICATIONS Report No. D-815-A - COMMON CARRIER BUREAU DOMESTIC FACILITIES APPLICATIONS: Report No. 23582 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report No. 43582 - BROADCAST ACTIONS Report No. NCS-95-40-A - WIRELESS NARROWBAND BRANCH INFORMATION Report No. DS-1564 - SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES Report No. 1223 CABLE TELEVISION RELAY SERVICE (CARS) APPLICATIONS RE: APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING Report No. 1150 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU PART 21 RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS -- Week of August 16 thru August 23, 1995 Report No. 3547 - CABLE TELEVISION ACTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAYTON, WA. Effective October 16, 1995, amended the FM table and allotted channel 272A at Dayton, WA. The filing window: Oct. 16, 1995 - November 16, 1995. (MM Docket No. 95-66 by R&O [DA95-1865] adopted August 24, 1995, by the Chief, Allocations Branch) WEAVERVILLE, CA. Effective October 16, 1995, the allotment of UHF television Channel 32 to Weaverville, CA, as that community's first local television broadcast service. (MM Docket No. 95-48 by R&O [DA 95-1858] adopted August 23, 1995, by the Chief, Allocations Branch) US WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Approved to utilize a Statistical Sampling System for certain technician groups time reporting. (By MO&O [DA 95-1869] adopted August 25, 1995, by the Chief, Accounting and Audits Division) AMERICAN LINE SERVICES, INC. V. EMI, INC. Granted EMI's motion to complaint by American. (By MO&O [DA 95-1864] adopted August 23, 1995 by the Deputy Chief (Operations), Enforcement Division, Common Carrier Bureau) VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES (VTS). Proposed at the request of the Coast Guard to add Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to the designated radio protection areas for mandatory VTS and establish marine VHF channel 12 as the VTS frequency operating channels for Sault Ste. Maine. Comments due October 23, 1995, and replies: November 7, 1995. (WT Docket No. 95-132 by NPRM [FCC 95-352] adopted August 9, 1995, by the Commission) FAYETTEVILLE, NC., IN THE RALEIGH-DURHAM- GOLDSBORO, NC., Proposed to add Fayetteville, North Carolina as a designated community in the "Raleigh- Durham" North Carolina television market. Comments due October 20, 1995 and replies: November 6, 1995. (By NPRM [DA 95-1832] adopted August 15, 1995, by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) SERVICE ELECTRIC CABLE TV, INC., MANSFIELD VIDEO, AND, COMMUNICABLE, INC., V. COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY. Dismissed with prejudice Service Electric's pole attachment complaint against Commonwealth Telephone Company. (By Order [DA 95-1856] adopted August 23, 1995, by the Chief, Accounting and Audits Division) CABLE SERVICES BUREAU DAILY DIGEST Released Wednesday, August 30, 1995 JONES INTERCABLE, INC. Denied the complaint against the cable programming service price charged by Jones Intercable in Manitowoc, WI, and all other complaints relating to the same prices. (By MO&O [DA 95-1719] adopted August 2 by the Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau). ++++++++++++++++++ ADDENDA: The following items, released August 29, 1995, did not appear on Digest No. 165. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORRECTION TO WIRELESS BUREAU PUBLIC REFERENCE ROOM RELOCATIONS PUBLIC NOTICE, RELEASED AUGUST 28, 1995 - For further information: Maria Ringold at (202) 418-1350. DOMESTIC FACILITIES DIVISION; CCB - APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FILING PURSUANT TO SECTION 63.16 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES Report No. 23583A - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report No. I-8094 - OVERSEAS SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING (For Section 63.01) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGULATORY TREATMENT OF MOBILE SERVICES. Proposed rules that will allow existing, i.e. phase I licensees in the 220 MHz service to seek minor modification of their licenses to construct base stations at currently unauthorized locations. Comments Due September 13 - Replies September 18, 1995. (PR Docket No. 89-552 and GN Docket No. 93- 252 by Fourth NPRM [FCC 95-381] adopted August 28, 1995 by the Commission)